Vehicle wind-shield.



-C. R. CLARK.

VEHlCLE WIND SHIELD. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12. 1913.

1,265,176. Patented May 7,1918.

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dividuail windv shield My invention. relates particularly to an infor the rear seat of an automobile and the like.

On account ofthe small space ava ila blait has been found difficult to provide a suitable means f'orshielding the passengers on the rear seat. It is my object to provide a simple reliable shield which can be readily" installedin any car and adapted to fit the requiren'ients'for any person andadjustable to substantially any position necessary for proper protection;

In its preferred form the inventlon consists of a shield supported from the seat between the seat cushions and the arm cushions. A standard for the shield is adjustable ang'u'larly and the shield proper'is rotatable. The shield proper is of strong transparent material such as glass which may be reinforced with wire mesh to strengthen it and also toprevent the flying of particles in case of fracture.

Figure 1, is a fragmentary side and sectional view'of the rear of a car with a Wind shield embodying the improvements of my invention. i

' Fig. 2, is a fragmentary view looking. from the front toward the rear and showing a side arm cushion in section.

Fig. 3, is a' fragmentary view showing a single shield inposition.

Fig. 4, is a horizontal section and plan view showing the adjustable rotary connection between the shield and its standard.

Fig. 5, is a front vertical projection of the standard, parts being shown in section.

Fig. 6, is a plan view of the base plate adapted to be secured on the seat.

Fig. 7, is a vertical projection of the tilting arm of the standard, the central part being broken away.

ig. 8, is a plan view of a clamping bar for clamping the arm to the base plate.

Fig. 9, is a cross sectional view on the plane of the line X, X, of Fig. 5.

The shield proper is supported in a Specification of LettersPatent.

- Patented May 7, 1918.

application filed June 12, 1913 SeriallfTo. 773,153.

frame 11 and may be reinforced bywire fabric l2 embedded therein. i

The seat 13 has a back 14 and a side 15 for which provided. The'base plate is secured to the seat 13 for instance by screws 21 which. are screwedthrough the base plate. is provided with a curved toothed with the teeth of the base plate 20. The curved foot 25 is secured to the curved part of the base plate by screws such as 27 pass ing through holes 28 and screwed into the bar 29. I further stabilize the arm and attached wind shield by w in the base plate and the arm. This prevents the parts from tilting and becoming disengaged or lost. The

arm 24 is preferably made thin, broad and rounded on the outer surface to provides. max mum of strength ma minimum space.

The upper part 26 of the wind shieldstandardis secured to the upper end of the arm 24 sov that it maybe angularly adjusted to fitthe cushions, as indicated in Fig. 2.

he'upper endofthe arm 24 has an arcuate toothed portion 32 and themember26 has a correspondingly shaped recess with teeth 33.

The two partsare drawn together by a screw bolt 34 and a nut 35, the screw bolt passin through the hole 36 in the member 26 an through the slot 37 in the arm 24. Side flanges 38, 38 protect the parts and also prevent side play. 4

j The upper end of the standard houses a toothed member or gear -10 secured to the main wind shield frame. The dog. LL-is adapted to engage the teeth of member 40 to hold it in any angular position. The handle 42 is provided for operating the dog 41.

What I claim is 1. In a wind shield construction a rela. tively fiat base plate resting vuponand secured to the seat at the junction of the seat and side cushions to be thereby disposed beneath the seat cushion and having a curved portion, a standard mounted thereon and having a curved portion engaging the curved portion of the base plate and adapted to adjustment to various angles in a vertical transverse plane toward and away from the side cushons, means accessible from on top of the the holes 22. The upper surface of,

portion 23. The arm' 24 has a curved foot 25 provided with teeth meshing} providing openings 30 lugs 31 011 the foot of cushions 16, 17 and 18 respectively are base plate for securing the standard in its angularly adjusted relation on the base plate, and a wind shield carried by the upper end of the standard adjustable angularly on a vertical axis.

2. In combination with an automobile seat having a yielding side cushion and a removable seat cushion, a base end of the seat beneath the seat cushion, a supporting column comprising jointed upper and lower sections, said lower section being secured to the base and extending up between the end of the seat cushion and the face of the side cushion at an angle to fit the angle of the side cushion, the upper column section being angularly adjusted with respect to the lower section to fit the face of the side cushion, and a shield member, adjustably mounted on said jointed column.

3. In an automobile wind shield,the combination of a base plate, a standard projecting upwardly therefrom and having a curved upper portion, a second member having a curved lower portion fitting the curved portion of said standard and having side walls embracing the side of the curved portion of said standard, one of said curved members being slotted and a clamping member extending through said slot and through the other member for clamping the'curved portion together in adjusted positions and a wind shield secured to the upper end of said second member. j

4.. In an automobile wind shield, the combination of a base adapted to be secured to the seat of the vehicle, a supporting standard having a foot engaging the base, the foot of the standard and the base having segmental toothed engaging surfaces whereby the standard may be adjusted angularly in respect to the base to adapt the standard to fit the cushions of the seat, means for clamping the foot of the standard to the base accessible from on top of the base and an angularly adjustable shield element mounted on the standard.

5. In an automobile wind shield, a base having a segmental supporting surface, a

Copies of this patent may be obtained for secured at the standard having a foot provided with a segmental surface engaging the supporting surface of the base, means securing the standard in adjusted angular relation upon the base, said standard having jointed sections provided with segmental engaging surfaces, means securing the sections of the standard in adjusted angular relation, a shield element rotatably adjustable on the standard and means securing the shield in its adjusted angular relation on the standard.

6. In an automobile wind shield, a standard having jointed upper and lower sections, the lower section having a segmental head on its upper end, the upper section having its lower end recessed to receive the segmental head with side walls inclosing the sides of the head and a segmental surface toengage the segmental head, means clamping the engaging portions of the sections in adjusted angular relation and a shield element supported on the standard.

7 In combination, a base having a toothed bearing surface arranged on a curve and slotted for the passage of a clamping screw, a standard having a footprovided with a toothed under surface curved to fit the toothed bearing surface of the base and provided with a lug engaging in the slot in the base to prevent endwisemovement of the foot on the base, a clamping screw engaging the foot of the standard and passing through the slot in the base and a shield element carried by the standard.

8. In an automobile wind shield, a standard consisting of a lower section flattened to pass up between the edge of the seat cushion and the face of the side cushion and an upper section to press into the surface of the side cushion, the said sections of the standard having segmental engaging surfaces whereby said sections may be adjusted to fit the cushions, and a shield member carried by the standard.

CHAS. RACKWELL CLARK.

Witnesses:

H. M. BRACKEN, RUTH W. RYDER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee in Letters Patent No.

1,265,176, granted May 7, 1918, for an improvement in Vehicle Wind-Shields,

was erroneously Written and printed Charles Rockwell Clark, Whereas said name should have been Written and printed a'sfi'harles Rockwell Clark; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 21st day of May, A. D., 1918.

[SEAL] R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 01. 21-148. 

